Improved hay and cottobt-fbess



ff-tnitml W EL IAS EVANS, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABMWA. Lene/rs PanmtNo. 85,808, dated .mw/ry 12. i869.

IMPROVE!) HAY AND COTTONPRES$- companying drawing, making apart of this specification, in which my invention is represented by a perspective view.

This invention relates to that class of hay andcottoupresses in which the bale is formed at the top of the press-box; and consists in `an improved apparatus, by which the cover of the box can be swung out of or into placewith greater convenience and dispatch than heretofore.

In the drawings- A A* A2 A3 represent the horizontal timbers;

B, the vertical standards; and

E, the braces of the supporting-frame,

D, a platform, upon which the workmen stand while filling the'p'ress-box, or removing the bale therefrom; and

H H, braces that steady the box.

Theplaten P is operated by a screw, S, worked by a lever, L, under the press-box.

'lhe upper end of the press-box is composed of four Yleaves or doors, c c c" c', hinged to the main p ortion of the box at e e e, in such a manner that they can be opened, as shown on the. ont side in the drawing.

The end doors are kept from spreading and openl 'ing under the pressure of the cotton within, by means ofthe cleats da, on the side doors; and the latter are, in their turn, kept'in. place by short notched stays or straps t' i, hooked over projections on the ends of the side doors, andvextending across from one side door to the other, outside of the box.

The top or cover J of the press-box, against which the cotton .or hay is compressed by the action of the platen, is provided with a series of transverse grooves in its under side', to accommodate the bale-hoops, and 'is'attached, by means of a screw-rod, M, to the horizontal arm of a crane, N, pivoted to the frame of thev press at 'n n.

m is a nut and' lever, or crank, attached to the screw-rod, fo'r the purpose of raising 4and depressing the cover J.

The ends of the cover, at jj, project beyond the box;

` O O are two straps, of iron, or other vsuitable material, hinged to the platform' or frame, ,at o o, and when the cover is on the box, passing over its proljecting ends, in order to retain it in place, while-it is subjected to the pressure from the platen below.

When the bale is to be removed from the box, throw the straps back, swing the cover out of the way, take oi` the stayst t', and open first the side doors, and then theend doors. lThe bale is then entirely exposed, and can' bel removed with the greatest ease.

'lh'e whole device is'silnple and inexpensive in construction', and exceedinglyv strong and durable, while, in quickness and convenience of operatiom-it is not excelled by any otherscrew-.press heretofore brought into use.

Having,r thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to. secure by Letters Patent, is

In connection with a press, in which the platen opcrates upward, the arrangement of the'swinging cover J, the crane N, pivoted to the frame of the press at u u', the screw-rod M, connecting the cover to the end of the crane, and the nut 'and lever m, by Which'the cover can be raised or depressed, the whole operating together as described, and for the purpose specified.

ELIAS EVANS. Witnesses:

W. R. WILLIS, W. H. NOBLE. 

